GRAND RAPIDS, MICH (WZZM) - A jury convicted former Grand Rapids Home for Veterans nurse aide Laurie Botbyl of vulnerable adult abuse after a 13 Watchdog investigation obtained video earlier this year of a potential crime. Former Home for Veterans nurse aide convicted

Military.com readers responded swiftly and passionately to a recent op-edby Derek Coy, a former Marine sergeant and Iraq War veteran who, in the wake of racial violence in Charlottesville, Va., argued for changing the names of military bases that honor Confederate military leaders -- men he called "traitors."

The Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General found cases where more than 3,900 beneficiaries, marked deceased in the Veterans Affairs Department database, could still be receiving Social Security payments.